State Of Washington v. Kevin Lee Estes

¶1 Kevin Estes appeals from the trial court’s judgment and sentence after a jury found him guilty of assault in the third degree and felony harassment, each with a deadly weapon enhancement. The trial court sentenced Estes to total confinement for life without the possibility of release under the persistent offender statute.1 Estes argues that he received ineffective assistance of coun*482sel. He also asserts in his statement of additional grounds (SAG) that his attorney did not advise him that a felony with a deadly weapon enhancement constituted a strike under the persistent offender statute.…